Myers v. State
Ohio Court of Appeals
Error: Court of Appeals for Ross county. The plaintiff in error, Clarence Myers, was charged in an affidavit filed in the mayor’s court of Chillicothe with unlawfully and purposely exhibiting to the public, in a building known as the Majestic Theatre on East Second street in that city, “a theatrical performance, to-wit: a moving picture show, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday.”
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Error: Court of Appeals for Ross county. The plaintiff in error, Clarence Myers, was charged in an affidavit filed in the mayor’s court of Chillicothe with unlawfully and purposely exhibiting to the public, in a building known as the Majestic Theatre on East Second street in that city, “a theatrical performance, to-wit: a moving picture show, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday.” It appears from the testimony that he was exhibiting a moving picture show on Sunday, the 21st of November, 1915, at the place mentioned in the affidavit; that the name of the picture was “Judith of…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
The plaintiff in error, defendant in the trial court, was found guilty of a violation of Section 13049, General Code of Ohio, and the judgment was affirmed by the court of common pleas of Ross county.
Section 13049 reads as follows:
“Whoever, on Sunday, participates in or exhibits to the public with or without charge for admittance, in a building, room, ground, garden or other place, a theatrical or dramatic performance or an equestrian or circus performance of jugglers, acrobats, rope dancing or sparring exhibition, variety show, negro minstrelsy, living statuary, ballooning, base ball playing…
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